Childbirth and Self-judgment
An interview with medical assistant and doula Martha Tole about bad mother anxiety and childbirth. Martha affirmed that indeed bad mother anxiety begins before birth and may continue indefinitely. She...
View ArticleFailure and Performance Anxiety
An interview with actor Sinead Rushe about performance anxiety and feelings of failure. Sinead describes how deeply her confidence in her own creative instincts was shaken when a play that she had...
View ArticleThe Inability to Quit Smoking
An interview with documentary filmmaker Roger Amory about his inability to quit smoking. Roger talked about his feelings of failure, especially when he compares himself to friends who have quit. He...
View ArticleDivorce
An interview with Richard Schwartz, developer of Internal Family Systems Therapy, about his decision to get divorced and the process of healing that followed. He describes his experience of working for...
View ArticleThe Limits of Therapy
An interview with psychotherapist Dr. Jeanne Safer about her experience struggling with her own wounds that did not heal in therapy. She discusses the impact this had on sense of self and as a...
View ArticleCelibacy and Failure
Neil McKenty talks with Safe Space about his experience with celibacy as a Jesuit Priest. Neil says that priests in training were not talked to or helped in coping with the demands of celibacy....
View ArticleSelf-Compassion and Weight Loss
An Interview with psychotherapist Jean Fain about Self-compassion for chronic dieters. Jean describes research showing that self-compassion messages can reduce over-eating and binging. She...
View ArticleSelf-Care for those with Generations of Mental Illness in the Family
An interview with personal trainer Beth Erlichman about having both a mother and a daughter with mental illness. Beth describes growing up with a mentally ill mother like living in a storm. At 16 she...
View ArticleLoneliness and Your Brain
On today’s show we open with a story about how hard it is to feel lonely when everyone around you seems to be part of a happy couple. Then we talk to psychiatrist Amy Banks to find out what social...
View ArticleGuilt When a Parent Dies
We continue our series on hidden feelings this week with two stories about guilt, the kind we feel when we believe we didn’t do enough at the end of a parent’s life. We’ll hear from people who were...
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